Gold at the World Judo Championship Men's 66kg class Maruyama and girls 52kg class Abe Aug. 27th 0:00

Shiro Maruyama won the gold medal at the 66km class for the judo world championship held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

The Judo World Championship is held at the Nippon Budokan in the same venue as the Tokyo Olympics, and the winner will also win the international tournament held in Osaka in November, and if it gets the approval of the strengthening committee, I will be appointed as an Olympic representative.

On the 26th day of the second day, two classes were held for both men and women. Of these, the men's 66-kilometer class was attended by 123 Abe, who was aiming for the third consecutive championship, and Maruyama, the first player.

The two who had won the game in a semi-final match, while Maruyama played his favorite inner thigh many times, while Abe played a throwing technique and a foot technique, but both lacked a decisive factor and extended the game. It was included. And after 3 minutes of extension, Maruyama floated and took the skill and won the predominance.

Maruyama played against Kim Rinhwan in Korea in the final, took the skill with his inner crotch after 3 minutes, and won a gold medal as a “matching technique” just after that. Maruyama won the gold medal for the first time in the World Championship.

Abe, who lost the semi-finals, won the bronze medal in the 3rd place match and won the bronze medal for 3 consecutive tournaments.

On the other hand, for the 52 kilometer class of women, Abe poet, who aims to win the tournament for the second time, and Ai Shimome, who aims for the first gold medal in two tournaments, participated.

Abe played in the semi-finals against the Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist and Kosovo's Marinda Kermendi. In the final, he won a gold medal by winning only 30 seconds with a sleeve-filled waist, starting with Russian Natalia Kujutina. Abe achieved the second consecutive victory and advanced to the Tokyo Olympics national team offer.

Shishime lost in the quarterfinals, but won the loser resurrection and won the 3rd place match against the French player. Shishitame is the third consecutive medal winner.